A VYRDICT score is an index on a 0–100 scale. A Viral Score of 96 means 96/100 on the VYRDICT Viral Index; it does not mean “96% of the internet thinks this is viral.” Every published score is built from documented signals and linked evidence.
Measures the strength of current attention around the exact product. The component scores are normalized editorial/data signals based on documented evidence, not percentages of all TikTok or Instagram posts.
Measures whether the evidence suggests the product delivers enough real-world value to justify its price and hype. Consumer evidence and value carry the greatest influence; momentum and virality provide context, while hype-risk can reduce the result.
Every published product has score-driving claims tied to source records showing what was observed, when it was checked, what part of the score the evidence supports, and the source URL wherever a public URL exists.
Current social/trend reporting, creator spread, search or demand evidence, sustained momentum, bestseller or sell-through corroboration where relevant.
Verified-buyer ratings and reviews, repeat-use signals, independent testing, recurring complaints and real-use caveats.
Official specifications, ingredients or features, price, product identity, retailer data and category-relative value.
VYRDICT publishes the score meanings, evidence categories, score-driving sources, confidence framework and verdict bands so a reader can understand why a product earned its result. Exact weighting percentages, normalization thresholds, calibration parameters and anti-gaming rules are proprietary. Keeping that layer private helps protect the integrity of the system and makes it harder to engineer a product specifically to game the score.
V2 publishing uses an evidence gate. New products cannot publish with only a manually entered final score.
The verdict comes from Worth, not fame.
The Skip List identifies products whose attention substantially outruns their Worth evidence.
This is an evidence-based VYRDICT editorial/data assessment, not a claim that a product is unsafe or universally bad.
Trends, prices, reviews and products change. VYRDICT stores verification dates and review timing so a score can be rechecked instead of treated as permanent.
Evidence records carry observation/verification timing, while products have last-verified and next-review dates.
If we cannot support a component strongly, the confidence level should fall. If an exact image, retailer or source cannot be verified, we would rather leave it incomplete than invent evidence.
Every active VYRDICT product is required to have the full score-input package and a public source-linked evidence file before publication. Some products carry Medium rather than High confidence when source breadth is narrower; VYRDICT shows that confidence level instead of pretending every evidence set is equally strong.
VYRDICT signal scores involve structured editorial normalization of evidence. They are not laboratory measurements, platform-wide percentages, medical advice or guarantees of an individual result. For health, skincare and wellness claims, stronger independent or clinical evidence may be required depending on the claim. Commercial relationships do not determine Viral Scores, Worth Scores or editorial verdicts; material connections are disclosed under our Editorial Policy.